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Recent insights into fatty acid acquisition and metabolism in malarial parasites

The malarial parasite has a tremendous requirement for fatty acids during the replicative stages that take place in the mammalian host. A series of recent papers, discussed below, have revealed some of the mechanisms employed by the parasite to meet these demands.

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Autores principales: Jayabalasingham, Bamini, Menard, Robert, Fidock, David A
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Faculty of 1000 Ltd 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2948358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20948809
http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/B2-24
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spelling pubmed-29483582010-10-14 Recent insights into fatty acid acquisition and metabolism in malarial parasites Jayabalasingham, Bamini Menard, Robert Fidock, David A F1000 Biol Rep Review Article The malarial parasite has a tremendous requirement for fatty acids during the replicative stages that take place in the mammalian host. A series of recent papers, discussed below, have revealed some of the mechanisms employed by the parasite to meet these demands. Faculty of 1000 Ltd 2010-03-25 /pmc/articles/PMC2948358/ /pubmed/20948809 http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/B2-24 Text en © 2010 Faculty of 1000 Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use this work for commercial purposes
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Recent insights into fatty acid acquisition and metabolism in malarial parasites
title Recent insights into fatty acid acquisition and metabolism in malarial parasites
title_full Recent insights into fatty acid acquisition and metabolism in malarial parasites
title_fullStr Recent insights into fatty acid acquisition and metabolism in malarial parasites
title_full_unstemmed Recent insights into fatty acid acquisition and metabolism in malarial parasites
title_short Recent insights into fatty acid acquisition and metabolism in malarial parasites
title_sort recent insights into fatty acid acquisition and metabolism in malarial parasites
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2948358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20948809
http://dx.doi.org/10.3410/B2-24
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